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Mirounga leonina (Southern elephant seal)

sea elephant [English]; suidelike olifantrob, see-olifant [Afrikaans]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Ferae > Carnivora > Family: Phocidae (true seals)

Mirounga leonina (Southern elephant seal)

Mirounga leonina (Southern elephant seal), Stoney Point, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Mirounga leonina (Southern elephant seal)

Mirounga leonina, Grytviken, South Georgia. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]